Dactyls - English meaning

Dactyls – definitions in English dictionary

noun
A metrical foot consisting of one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables or (in greek and latin) one long syllable followed by two short syllables.
Usage examples:
Thus a pattern consisting of five iambs would be an iambic pentameter; a pattern consisting of six …

Dactyls translation into English

Dactyls: translate from English into Chinese

指尖, 长短短路, 长短格

Dactyls: translate from English into Dutch

Dactylen, Dactylus

Dactyls: translate from English into French

Dactyles, Dactyle

Dactyls: translate from English into German

Daktylen, Daktylus, Zehe, Finger

Dactyls: translate from English into Hindi

डैक्टिल्स, छन्द का भाग, उंगली, अंगुली

Dactyls: translate from English into Italian

Dattili, Dattilo

Dactyls: translate from English into Korean

독틸, 장단단격, 강약약격

Dactyls: translate from English into Russian

Дактили, Дактиль, Палец

Dactyls: translate from English into Spanish

Dáctilos, Dáctilo

Word origin

late Middle English: via Latin from Greek daktulos, literally ‘finger’ (the three bones of the finger corresponding to the three syllables).

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Dactyls – similar words

dactylic

adjective
Of or using dactyls.
Usage examples:
Dactylic rhythm

noun
Dactylic verse.
Usage examples:
He thereby lends some countenance to saintsbury's later mantra that what passes for english dactyli…

adjective
Used to refer to a rhythm in poetry in which one strong or long syllable is followed by two unstressed (= not strong) or short syllables
Usage examples:
The word "elephant" demonstrates a dactylic stress pattern.

Dactylic - all meanings in English

dactyl

noun
A metrical foot consisting of one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables or (in greek and latin) one long syllable followed by two short syllables.
Usage examples:
Thus a pattern consisting of five iambs would be an iambic pentameter; a pattern consisting of six …

noun
In poetry, a foot (= a unit of division of rhythm) with one strong or long syllable followed by two unstressed (= not strong) or short syllables
Usage examples:
The title of the collection of poems was jiggery-pokery, which is a double dactyl., dactyls are imp…

Dactyl - all meanings in English

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